Collaboration with the Shenkar Engineering & Design college

The Sheba BEYOND virtual hospital, in partnership with Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, is continuing its academic collaboration for the second consecutive year. In this program, design and engineering students from Shenkar participate in projects focused on remote medicine, with the goal of maintaining continuous care and addressing the challenges associated with transitioning to home-based healthcare.

The program pairs students with experts from Sheba BEYOND. Under the guidance of Dr. Galia Barkai, the Director of Sheba BEYOND and Dr. Meivar-Levy, alongside Michal Pauzner, and Prof. Jonathan Ventura from Shenkar, students form teams to tackle a specific project: making homes more accessible for patients and addressing the various challenges that come with moving from hospital care to home care.

Students will think about solutions that address various medical areas (internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, psychiatric medicine, and more), and different patient needs, from screening tests for healthy patients to care of patients in moderate condition.

Therapeutic continuity means keeping medical care consistent for the patient, even when changing therapists or treatment approaches. Today's medical treatment involves various therapists and settings, highlighting the importance of maintaining and sharing information. Additionally, adapting a home space into a medical setting for hospital care comes with its own set of challenges, including safety concerns, the need for constant supervision, ensuring ongoing treatment, and more.
Student groups, consisting of various disciplines, will tackle challenges arising in the new home-based therapeutic space and will have the benefit of collaborating closely with medical staff to develop solutions.

Dr. Galia Barkai remarked that: “As a virtual hospital built on innovation and creativity in treatment models, we're super excited about teaming up with Shenkar. This collaboration will help us gain fresh and pragmatic perspectives for the many challenges arising in the world of remote medicine and home-based hospitalisation. We can't wait to see the creative ideas and solutions that'll come from the cross-pollination of ideas coming from students and medical staff working together in this program.”